The Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal on Monday virtually inaugurated Food Security museum at Thanjavur, showcasing India’s Agri evolution from dependency to self-sufficiency. He said that the Food Security Museum is the first museum in India to depict India’s food security story from a ‘ship to mouth’ existence to becoming one of the largest food grain exporting nations. He said that the Cultural Capital of Tamil Nadu will now be home to the Agricultural history of India.
Shri Goyal said that under PM Modi, the aim of the Centre Government has been to enable farmers to feed India & the world and earn good livelihood. He said from highest procurement to delivery of food grains, PM’s commitment towards farmers, migrant workers is an inspiration. He said when the pandemic struck, PM Modi’s first thought was to ensure well-being of poor and migrant brothers & sisters. He thanked FCI for its dedication & effort in food distribution to nearly 80 crore beneficiaries at an expenditure of Rs. 2 lakh cr under PMGKAY, ensuring ‘no poor person sleeps hungry’. Every beneficiary was given 5 kg of rice/wheat & 1 kg of pulses/ month.
